Stamina and assurance: Kirill Gerstein at Wigmore Hall

By Katy Wright, 16 May 2015

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Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 14 May 2015

Bartók, Mikrokosmos (Excerpts)

Bach, 15 Three-part Sinfonias (Inventions), BWV787-801

Liszt, 12 Transcendental Études, S 139

Kirill Gerstein, Piano

High-caliber Schumann and Mahler at Dvořák’s Prague

Frank Kuznik, 14th September

Daniele Gatti and Kirill Gerstein offer fresh, invigorating takes on two warhorses with the Staatskapelle Dresden.

*****

Gerstein's electricity impresses at the Hollywood Bowl

Néstor Castiglione, 8th July

Thomas Søndergård, great and not so great, with the Los Angeles Philharmonic in their first Hollywood Bowl concert of the summer.

***11

Ancient Greece and reimagined Tchaikovsky at the Pittsburgh Symphony

Sam Jacobson, 11th April

Daniele Rustioni leads the Pittsburgh Symphony in music inspired by Ancient Greece, flanking Kirill Gerstein’s take on Tchaikovsky’s First Piano Concerto that restores the composer’s original intentions.

****1

Music of the Spheres: stars align for Thomas Adès’ TSO debut

Michelle Assay, 26th February

Thomas Adès serves up an astronomical programme, pairing his Piano Concerto and Paradiso with Holst’s crowd favourite, The Planets.

****1

A dynamic debut in Prague by Alan Gilbert

Frank Kuznik, 19th December

With an assist from soloist Kirill Gerstein, Alan Gilbert holds the audience rapt in his inaugural appearance with the Czech Philharmonic.

****1

Early 20th-century Russian landmarks at Tanglewood

Edward Sava-Segal, 9th August

Blurring boundaries: Romanticism and Modernism in Kirill Gerstein and Alan Gilbert’s Boston Symphony performances at Tanglewood.

***11

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Katy Wright

As News Editor at Rhinegold, Katy contributes news pieces and longer features to publications including Classical Music, Music Teacher and International Piano (both digital and print editions). She writes on a freelance basis for publications including Sinfini Music and TEMPO.